Jeff Leech started diving in 1996 while living in Ohio, on a trip to Panama City, FL. His certification dives would prove to be the first of many to Northern Florida. His passion for wreck diving started on this trip with a dive on the USS Strength. In accumulating over 600 dives, he has made dives on wooded schooners in Lake Huron, Coast Guard buoy tenders in Lake Superior, U-Boats off the North Carolina coast, and numerous other wrecks in the Great Lakes, Bahamas, Curacao, and Honduras.
The trips to Northern Florida would also lead to Jeff's other passion, cave diving. He was full cave certified in 2001 and has continued on the technical side of diving with TDI Adv Nitrox/Deco and Trimix classes.
Jeff became a PADI Divemaster in 1999 and has been helping lead dives and helping with classes ever since.
A move to Minnesota in 2001 would bring Jeff from the quarries of Ohio to the lakes of Minnesota. Where he has made over 200 dives in the local area lakes.
Jeff is currently a Unix computer administrator for the US postal service in Eagan.
Vitals:
DOB: December 9, 1962
Certified to Scuba Dive: September, 1996
Divemaster Since: August, 1999
Favorite Post-dive Beverage: Summit Porter
Been Diving In: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Bahamas, Curacao, N. Carolina, Honduras, Florida
Caves, California, and Dentist's Chair Indiana.
Gear Config: OMS BP/Harness w/ 45 lb wing, Poseidon regulators w/ 7 ft hose, 6 cu/ft argon
inflation, 40 cu/ft deco bottle, Dive Rite Duo & VR3 computer.
Jeff Leech - Dive Master
